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The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-02-18
Lemon Street,
PaIatka, Florida
Stories of Dickens.
Atlanta Constitution


For the first five months of its exist
ence, Charles Dickens first serial, THE
Pickwick Papers" was a signal failure.
The average sale was only about fifty
copies IF each of the five parts. All OF Il
sudden, In consequence of Sam Weller ;
popularity, they rose To unheard-o of
favor.
Mrs. Henry Sidd0ns once found Lord
Jeffrey. the harsh critic of the Edin-
burgh Rerietc, in tears.
Don't go, my friend, he said, =
shall lee right again in another minute
. Is any one dead: = asked Mrs. Sid
dons.
Yes, indeed" was the reply. I'm a
great goost to have gwen away So. hut l
could not help It. luull Ice sorry To
hear that little Nelly, Boz5 little Nelly.
is dead"
\ dear friend of blanchard Jerrold's
and of Dickens, died. Ills family had
claims on Charles Dickens, which Were
promptly acknowledged.
- When burst into one of the parlors,
says Jerrold, I'm ny eager survey of the
new home, l saw man is his shirt
sleeves up some steps hammeIing away
Justify. He turned. Ii was Charles
Dickens, and he was hanging the pictures
for the widow"
\ stranger got these first-siGht impress
sions of Dickens =" W hat "a fine, charac-
teristic face What marvellous eyes
And what hC rid taste in drers He wore
his hair long, in admired disorder and
1t suited the picturesque style of his head;
but he had on Il surtout with a very wide
collar, very much thrown back. showing
a vast eNpanse of waistcOat, drab trousers
ami drab boots. with patent leather toes,
and the whole effect tapart from his head
gave evidence Of ii loud taste in COS
tune"
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-02-18
A GOVERNMENT CLERKSHIP.
II Is No Place for a Young Man of Edu-
cation and Ambition.

cation and Ambition.
l recently chatted with bright young
man who holds a second class clerkship
81, 400 in the war department at Washing
ton. He took the place ten years ago, after
having been graduated with high honors
from one of the leading New England col
leges, intending to thus support himself while
studying "a profession. His salary at that
time seemed large, and he was able to save
quite nugget each year He studied less
and less ami after a few months gave it up
altogether. Then he married, and instead
of saving anything, it is all hC can do to sup
port his family i'll very modest way. These
are his own words:
"A government clerkship is no place for n
young man of education and ambition. Alas,
l did not know that when 1 started in, but
know it now to my sorrow. Such work is
well enough for manned soldiers or for sol
dier's widows and daughters who have to
earn their daily bread; in fact it is a Cod
send To many such. But let strong, hearty,
energetic young men choose almost any other
line of work. The work is easy and the
hours from to only, with a half hour
for lunch; but it is treacherous routine
and insdiously works upon mans mental
powers until it saps them all up and he be-
comes no better than machine.
THE government clerkship accomplishes
the destruction of ones mind just as tho
galleys used To do of the body. 1 would
gladly resign this very day, but what would
become of my family? / know absolutely
nothing about any profession or business oc-
cupation; and Were | to start in now would
have to begin at the bottom and work up,
and it would be several years before | could
earn what Uncle Sam now pays me 50 regu-
larly. There are hundreds of men in Wash
ington similarly situated. Their ambition
is gone, their talents are gone, and all they
desire is TO hold ON 10 their clerical positions
a drowning man clings to a rope. lwant
TO make desperate effort, even at this late
day, to get into business and be an active
worker but | see no opportunity, and the
chances are that l shall continue TO be fed
with government pap to the end of my days
unless ! receive the grand bounce when some
change occurs in the administration. Cor.
New York Graphic.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-02-18

The report on the operations of the
Drainage Company is so thorough, so
fair. and so just and clear, that to the
members of the committee every citizen
Of Florida owes a debt of gratitude.
These gentlemen would probably accept
nothing at present from our hands, but
this disinterestedness only makes our
debt the more evident. Their labor
necessitated much that was unpleasant,
and more that involved the'exercise of n
Judgment and ability rarely secured for
the service of the public. The Drainage
Company will now stand convicted, and
from this sentence it can not escape. IL
has secured immense tracts Of land ,ciH
ont adequate return to the !State-its
arork is entirely insufficient. And norr
the State must compel a strict observance
Of the contract as recommended by the
com 1uiffPP
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-02-18

He had been counting "a West End girl
for long time. but has quit now. Is
happened Sunday night after church.
They were sitting as close together al
the sofa would permit. She looked with
ineffable tenderness into his noble blue
eyes.
or in her voice, didn't you tell me
once you would he willing Ia do any
great act of heroism for my sake"
Yes. Fannie: and gladly reiterate
the statement now" he replied III conf
dent tones. No noble Boman of old
was fired with a loftier ambition, Il
Drawer resolution than /"
''Well, Frank, l want you to do come
thing heroic for me"
''Speak, darling; what is it,
ASK me to be your wife; we have
been foolipg long enough"
The sequel is stated in tie preface.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-02-18
PALATKA. FLA. FEB. Is. 1887.

When the DeLeon Springs Conrier
published an abusive article some time
ago the Times Union adopted part of
it editorially, reprinted the whole and
declared the army consisting of itself
and the Lake City Reporter twas stead
lily increasing" Now the editor of the
Courier explains that the article was
inserted during his absence by ''drunk-
pressed and places his paper where it
has stood in the past. His course is
manly and highly creditable, and his ex-
PLANTATION entirely satisfactory. we
wonder if the Florida Herald has an at
tack of the same malady?
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-02-18
Report of the Committee,

Certain papers in the State have made
vague accusations because of the non
publication of the report of committee
appointed by the Governor. under chap
ter 3639, Laws of Florida, ito investi-
gate and ascertain what quantity of land
and the number of acres the Atlantic
and Gulf Canal and Okeechobee Land
and other purposes"
TIE committee was named by the
Governor on November II, 1885. filed its
report February 4. 1887, and it is now on
our table for publication. The gentle
men appointed, Messrs. j. j. Daniel, w.
III. Davidson and John Bradford, are%uf-
sficIent guarantee of the entire honesty
and good faith of the report The
promptness with which the report is
given to the public, is an absolute refu-
tation of the charges so rashly made.
The report itself is too voluminons for
reproduction, though every line is
fraught with deep interest to all of u.s.
Ii is just such a work as we should ex-
pect from such q committee. 1t bears
marks of careful investigation, an anx-
Ious desire To give all the facts and a de
termination to strike clear balance on
the line of justice between the people
and the Drainage Company. 1t recapit-
ulates the work done, shows how the
conclusions are reached and then states
these conclusions in the simplest Ian
guage. Some of these we give:
The permanent lowering Of the waters
of Lake Okeechobee, the Kissimmee
river, its lakes and tributaries, was and
IL the main feature of the whole plan of
drainage rs embodied IN the contract
made with the trustees.
If the lands which are subject to over
How within the drainage district are to
be reclaimed under the contract, they
can only he so reclaimed by permanently
lowering and keeping reduced the wa
tiers of the Okeechobee and its confiu-
ents.
Ii these waters are not permanently
lowered and kept reduced then the plan
of drainage is not carried out, and there
can be no reclamation under the con-
tract, inasmuch as the COMPANY has
failed TO reduce the lakes and rivers
which were to be lowered in order to eff
feet this reclamation.
The effect of the lowering Of the wa
tiers of Lake Tohopekahga and East
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-02-18
N O I ICE!
PAlATkA
Water Works

HE AIATEA WATER WoRKS Is PRE-
rAEfp I" rcc,iv" apPlicai ions Tor Pure Water
for domestic Manufacturing, ana other pur-
poses, along the lines Of lis street mains in
the city OF I'aiatka aud the town OF Pnlat ka
Heights ami To lay service pIIs-s from aid
mains to the line OF the streets near the
house ana other places where il Is To be Hsrd
Tie water VIII lie furnished in accordance
with the "iatcs, Rules, and Regulations" oil
II = con IuLy, to which careful attention If in
Vlted, ana Will probably lie ready Tor use
early in March next.
Ordinary serN ice pipes will Ice of patcut eI.-
amcit Il wIouHht mon, or of galvanized iron of
three quarters of an inch bore. and will lie
KuIss and Regulations. they viii Ice laid III
the order in which the applications are re-
ccivtd; hence IcIsuLs recurring the water
ali early cate should make their All lc,h ion
promptly.
Plan Of tie strCtt iiIrs may hc seen AT
the Cflicc OF the lHlatEu Winter works. ia
Prices Block. where copies Of the "Ifnt, :
Rules NJ a RcEuiutiuns'' II uy IL obtained and
where applicants ms VIII bc received every
afternoon fl, III @:;T to4 O'Clock, , Nccpt sun
day.
es IdItjes wdHting he U'ofcr must
bar IN miHd mat dIlIicdtioH can lie
D'6de only IN IetS0Hdiig >Hi'ScrtLihg Ia
he "ApI,iic"tion EooE" othhr Comfm,y.
PALATKA wATFR-wOKks.
Ey WM. WHEELER, Constructing Engineer
Palatka, january - Iss.. jal9- limo
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-02-18
The W ooIwich Ham mer.

You ought to See this Woolwich hammer
IL weighs forty tons sheer weight, and when
it drops II falls forty feet ON 10 "a block that
rests on spiles, massive masonry and enor-
nous quantities of iron. Between two great
shafts this hammer Is suspended solid
block which, driven from above by steam
and gathering impetus as it falls strikes
with force of many hundred tons. a
veteran workman has charge of this massive
hammer. He starts and drops il by a touch
of his thumb and finger. | saw an open face
watch laid down ON the block then he
dropped the hammer, and he stopped it just
in time To break the crystal-and nothing
more.-Cnr R.lstnn HeraII
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-02-18
The Same Old Country.


broadway, in the vicinity of the Nor
ton House, presents strange appearance
these days. Buffalo Bills scouts and In
di;,ns and the inhabitants of the Aztec
village, all of whom are appearing i'll
New York at present, flock down To the
Morton House to meet their fellow pro-
fessionals, aud it Is no uncommon thing
To see hundred and fifty OF two hundred
men clothed in buckskins, serapes. and
sombrerOs. and armed with everything
from bows and arrows to- Colts 42-cali-
Der revolvers, parading up and down the
street over mile or SO. One night, a
short time ago. Lord Kinwaddie, the eld-
est son of the Earl of Bucleuch, arrived
in New York direct from England and
put up at the Union Square Hotel. 1t
was his intention to write a book on
America. refuting all the errors which
his cOuntrymen, who had done hkewi Use,
had made, and which he was told did a
rank injustice to the country. He had
never been here before, and his time
was limited, but he intended to correct
the gross ignorance of his country men
regarding the lawlessness of America.
He awoke at 10 the next morning, and,
after partaking of breakfast, he strolled
out on the street. The first sight that
met hIs astonished British gaze was a
strapplng, sunburnt scout known as the
Bad Man from Bodie," who PLAYS the
light comedy roles in Buffalo Bills play.
The Bad Man had a Henry repeating
rifle on his shoulder and huge bowie
knife protruding from his boot. While
his lordship was gasping with astOnish-
ment at the apparition, a troupe OF
half"naked Aztec Indians, in war paint,
came galloping down the street, whoop-
ing for all they were worth. Looking
still farther he beheld long vistas of
armed men in all manner of barbara C
costumes, until his BRAIN reeled, and he
staggered into the hotel in a fainting
condition. An hour later his valet took
the following cablegram to the office:
To Bucleuch, London:
All that has been said about America
is true. Will return at once.
kINwADDIE.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-02-18

A young lady who was sought by two
lovers, who hated each other cordially, said
to one of them one day:
ssOh, Fred, just look at this sweet little
puppy that VIII has just sent me! Wasn't
he kindsi
.'Yes, growled Fred, scowling at the
puppy, Its just like him"'
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-02-18

List of patents granted this week to
residents of Georgia, Florida and Ala
hama:
j. r. Hunter, Palatka. Fla, fruit
picker.
ID. A. Moon. Limona, roller cutter.
r. III. Peak, Orlando, dental anodyne.
ID. 5. Troy and j. s. Davis. Mongom-
gomery, Ala. seeding machine.
f. III. Dwyer, Trussville, cburn.
NJ. V. Coleman, Atlanta, Ga, method
of cutting and fitting garments.
ID. III. Dungar. Cedartown, steam en-
CINE governor.
w. N Wheless, Augusta. printing and
stamping press.
w. j. and T. w. Wood. Atlanta.
stove pipe crimping machine.
n. L. CoLLAMER, Compiler.
Patent Attorney, Washington, II. &.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-02-18

Putting GirdIes Isound the Earth.
Demorest's Monthly for March.
The time is not distant when the
whole globe will be covered with a net
work of Geographic wires. Nearly all
commercial ports on every continent are
now in communication with the centeIs
of trade in Europe and America The
last great gap is about to be filled up by
the laying of the cable under the Pacific
Ocean. A company of British capitalists
has been organized to lay a cable from
Vancouver, b. c., to Hong Kong, China.
There will be branches and connections
with Japan and the principal islands of
the Pacific Ocean. The importance of
this multiplication of verbal communi-
cation between different parts of the
world cannot be overestimated. For one
thing, it will probably lay the basis for IA
universal language Geographic code
will be established that can he read by
operators the world over. Then, az has
been freque ntly pointed out, mercantile
profits are reduced to a minimum when
knowledge of prices in the various mar
kets Is flashed simultaneously from the
buying to the selling marts of trade.
The enormous profits of former periods
was simply an insurance against the
risks Of sending cargoes to distant ports
IN ignorance of the prices that might
prevail When the vessels reached their
destinations. There are also those who
dream that this instantaneous communi-
cation between one end OF the earth and
the other may bring about single gov
erpment for the whole globe, and thus
usher in the era when peace will prevail,
and industry be- one material pursuit
of mankind. The labor question can
never be settled until there ID an agree
ment all over the world as to what the
work ing mems share of the aggregate
production shall be,
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-02-18

VOL lean live a' home, ana make NOR"
Ill ImUnty AT work for us than at any thing
else IN this world Capital not needed;
You are started Tree. Both SEXES; all aEct.
Anyone can dc The worn. Large earnings SIITs
from first start. Costly outflt ana terms free.
Better not delay Costs you nothing to send
us your address ana md out; II You " s,-
you will do So at once. III. HALLETT y 90.
Portland. Maine. de- tim
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-02-18
Ornaments of Cows Horn.

Who would think that a section of a cows
horn when polished would make anything
SO beautiful in its variegated tints as SONS
of the late devicesf
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-02-18
THE DAILY NEWS.

THE DAILY NEWS Is published every morn
ing, except Monday, and delivered by carriers
in the city, mailed postage free, for so cents
a month, $I.5O for three months, $3.50 for six
months, or s. per annum.
The WEExLY NEWS is an SPACE 6s-celumn
paper published every Friday, containing
all the news of the week local and general. IL
IL the largest and handsOmest weekly paper
published in Florida, and will be n allied post
age free for 81 year, or 50 cenLs FOR six
months. Specimen copies free to any address.
Local advertisements 20 cents per line for
q rst insertion and 10 cents per line for each adj
ditonal insertion. Special notices 10 cents per
line. Reduced rates continued advertise
ments.
All advertising bills become due pro rata
every month. Local advertisements due at
the expiration of the tim9 for which they aro
lose rted.
All reInittances should be msdie by express.
money order Registered letter.
Address THE - JEWS,
PALATKA. FLORIDA.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-02-18

kBGIsTERED AT THE PALATKA Post OrTIOn
As 5ECOND-CLAss MAIL MATTER
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-02-18
We Accent.
De Leon Springs Courier.

DE Leon Springs Courier.
1t is exceedingly embarrassing to an
editor to be continually forced to make
apologies to his readers, bur necessity
compels us to offer one more. During
our absence last week our office was left
in charge of one of our printers, who was
entrusted to write up whatever
copy might be needed. He knew
full we'll what our sentiments were, so
he had no excuse for rushing blindly into
a subject of which he knew nothing and
expressing views which he knew we
could not endorse. Referring to the
Times Union. he lauds that sheet away
above anything it deserves, and heaps
abuse upon papers whose editors are
more gentlemanly and courteous than
the editor of the Times Union could be
in a dozen years. Those who know us
and have read our paper, know that we do
not love 1.-The power behind the throne
In State politics" and the article was az.
complete surprise to- our friends as to
the editor himself. We do not care to
indulge in any mud-slinglng, but the
matter has reached "a point where We are
compelled to make this explanation.
To the Jacksonville Morning Ne,rS, the
Daily Herald and the newspaper offices
of Palatka, upon all of which offices re
Elections were cast by this Smart ALI"
printer in our last issue, We offer an
humble apology, anu assure them that
nothing but the most friendly feelings
exist at this end CT the line, and we regret
sincerely that the article ever appeared
in our columns.
When we returned last Wednesday
we found the intelligent - coInPositor
above referred To on "a glori.Is drunk,
the office locked up, and nothing done
on the paper for this week, SO We pro-
ceeded to induce the wretch To leave
town, which he did, and now We assure
the friends of our paper that no more
Times Union eulogies will appear IN our
columns.
AS the Times Union proposes to pay
one cent per line for uncOmplImentary
articles in reference to itself, its editor
will please count the above lines and
remit.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1887-09-24
ONE OF THE WORST CASES.

We have been selling your CuTIcURA REMEDIES
for years. and have the fret complaint yet to receive
from a purchaser. One Of the worst cases OF scrof-
ula ever cured by the Of five bottles OF
CUTICURA REsoLvEsT, CUTIcURA and CUTIcURA
SOAP. The soap takes the "eake" here 40 medi-
cfnal soap.
TAYLOR g TAYLOR. Druggists, Frankfort, Kan.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1887-09-24
DRUGGISTS USE THEM.

We have obtained satisfactory results from the use
of the Cuticura Remedies In own family, and
recommend them beg ond any other remedies for dis
eases of the skin and blood The demand for them
grows az their merits become known.
MACMILLAN g. Co. Druggists, Latrobe, Pa q
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1887-09-24
Butter Tests

f. F. Briggs, a dairy writer, makes
these suggestions: A squirt tor seven days.
when the COW is at her flush. is at best but
a flimsv test as to what the COW can really
do in the whole year, and test for whole
year. unless made while the COW is kept
as other cows are, upon ordinary rations,
is also misleading test, for if the COW
consumes as much in value as her butter
product will bring in market, there is no
profit in this product. Therefore q cow
which consumes, say 100 pounds of hay
per week, worth 80 cents, 81 bushels of
beets. worth SO cents, and AZ quarts of
soaked corn and oats, worth 40 cents, or a
total of 81 % for the whole, and produces
10 pounds of good butter per week, worth
81 90, or 20 cents per pound, might be
much more profitable than the phenomenal
COW which consumes II bushels of grain
or more per week, besides other expensive
food Here would be II cents per week
for butter profit alone, or $1,000 for 40
weeks of the year. Besides this, the
skim milk for the calves,t the calf she pro-
duces, and the manure she returns to the
farm are also very considerable items OF
profit. But where The food is raised upon
the farm, the expenses per COW will not
exceed S25 90 for the whole year, count
ing $3.50 tor hired help If, therefore,
she only yields I pounds per week for 40
weeks of the year, her production would
be $50 pounds, which would bring, at 20
cents per pound. $4,000, thus giving
S31 90 profit per cow, or for 20 cows,
1920 profit, besides skim milk. calves.
and manure.